[TheForge] Re: Klez Virus

[Margaret Green]

  Just a note, that the return address on a message that contains
the Klez virus is not the person who actually has the virus. This
virus uses addresses and headings on e-mail that were sent to, and
are on, the infected computer. The address that it looks like it
came from was on a probably originally clean message that was from
a
computer that probably does not have the virus. This makes it very
hard to tell who has the virus.
  I know of 3 messages with the virus that had my return address
as sending it. At the time my brand new computer was just a month
old with a brand new Norton antivirus program that updates itself
every couple of days. I even scanned my whole system and it came
up with nothing. Someone's infected computer had a message from me
and used it for the return address. I never found out who.
  Keep your antivirus programs up to date.
Marge Green